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9.0
80414
9.0 |
The Quietus
Mercury Rev certainly deserve to be embraced
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8.0
80604
8.0 |
All Music
Some of their most satisfying music in many years
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8.0
80405
8.0 |
Q
Sadness in a twinkling matinee orchestration. Print edition only
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8.0
80409
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s not a reinvention, but Mercury Rev did their experimentation on their earlier records. Here they just get on with the job of sounding like nobody else, which suits them very nicely indeed
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8.0
80411
8.0 |
The Guardian
It sounds as if music has rescued Mercury Rev
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8.0
80412
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Clearly painstakingly and expertly crafted, yet still sounds effortless
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7.1
80821
7.1 |
Earbuddy
Just as much an album perfectly tailored to autumn as it is a cautionary tale
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7.0
80839
7.0 |
musicOMH
A band still willing to challenge themselves and surprise their audience. It’s surprisingly easy to take that for granted
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7.0
80454
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Essentially, on The Light In You Mercury Rev seem to have found some confidence in themselves, even if they realise that means not being able to please everyone all the time
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7.0
80464
7.0 |
Pitchfork
As The Light in You’s dichotomous halves prove, Mercury Rev are much better at being trippy than being groovy
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7.0
80413
7.0 |
The Music
Mercury Rev have mellowed with each release to arrive at the exquisitely dreamy place where The Light In You exists
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7.0
80406
7.0 |
Uncut
It's hard to resist a work so clearly besotted with the power of music. Print edition only
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7.0
80407
7.0 |
Clash
While it's lovely to have them back, this album is more of a pleasant addition to the Mercury Rev catalogue than a defining moment
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7.0
80408
7.0 |
PopMatters
Depending on what kind of Mercury Rev fan you are, you may be well-served or disappointed to learn that the seven year absence hasn’t changed their sound that much
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6.0
80410
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Not quite the ‘back from the dead’ album Mercury Rev intended it to be
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6.0
80534
6.0 |
The Observer
Life in the old dogs yet
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6.0
80427
6.0 |
The Skinny
A worthy addition to a towering back catalogue
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6.0
80697
6.0 |
The List
Mercury Rev have brought us their most ‘Deserter’s Songs’ record since, conversely, 2001’s follow-up to that ground-breaker All is Dream
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6.0
80404
6.0 |
Mojo
It offers their mellow East ever high, it's a triumph. Print edition only
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